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A jury Wednesday found a South Gate man guilty in the murder for hire of a popular Fairfax district silent movie theater owner. Christian Rodriguez, 21, faces a possible death sentence because the 1997 murder of 74-year-old Lawrence Austin involved special circumstances of lying in wait and murder for financial gain. Rodriguez also was convicted of the attempted murder of the theater's 19-year-old concession worker, attempted robbery and commercial burglary.

A jury Wednesday found a South Gate man guilty in the murder for hire of a popular Fairfax district silent movie theater owner. Christian Rodriguez, 21, faces a possible death sentence because the 1997 murder of 74-year-old Lawrence Austin involved special circumstances of lying in wait and murder for financial gain. Rodriguez also was convicted of the attempted murder of the theater's 19-year-old concession worker, attempted robbery and commercial burglary.